Bury St Edmunds is probably not the first place you’d picture when someone says UK drum and bass. It’s a medieval market town famous mainly for a Bob Marley appearance nobody expected and a Clash gig so chaotic it got live music banned there for twenty years. Consequential is from there. That detail feels right somehow. Before you listen to the release, I want to let you know that my favorite track is “Touch Down”.
The “I’m Alive” EP came together over about a year, and the producer was apparently ruthless about it, tearing tracks apart and rebuilding them until they were actually done. You can hear that patience. Nothing is cluttered. The RnB influences aren’t dumped on top of the drum and bass, they’re threaded through it. The trip-hop bits feel earned rather than decorative.
Liquid D&B can be easy to tune out. This one is harder to ignore. There’s a warmth to the low end that keeps pulling you back in, and the tracks have enough going on that repeat listens catch things you missed. It’s the kind of EP where you’re not sure exactly what you like about it after one play, but you’ve already gone back for a second.
It’s out on WoodysWorldRecords NZ. Small label, proper release. Follow Consequential on Instagram and keep an eye on what he does next. This is a good start.
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